A mental exercise, if you will..

Nine men gathered at the gate to Oakwood Cemetery near downtown Raleigh Friday morning, most of them in paramilitary garb and carrying guns. Can you imagine these men in your mind?
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LEO: You’re welcome to open carry, that’s totally fine, we’re an open carry state. But you just can’t open carry while you’re protesting.

Protestor 1: We’re just using the first and the second [amendment] simultaneously.

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LEO: But see, that’s the problem. In North Carolina..
Protestor 1: Any law against the [US] constitution is null and void. North Carolina law don’t really mean a whole lot. I mean, it’s against the constitution. No where in the constitution does it say you can only use one right at a time.

Protestor 2: What about “shall not be infringed.”

LEO: We are only talking about state law here.

Protestor 2: I don’t give a damn about your state law.

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LEO: That’s fine, that’s fine. If that’s how you feel. Okay, Okay, no problem at all.

Protestor 1: We’re trying to get clarification.

LEO: And that’s all we’re trying to do is to clarify.

The men were allowed to leave and attend a protest downtown.
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Now imagine the protestors were black.

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